The Three for One Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (October 22, 1961)

“The Three for One Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 22, 1961. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar is summoned to Boston by his old contact Christian Albeck at International Life and Casualty to investigate the disappearance of John Stuart Kirkman, a wealthy retired businessman with a quarter-million-dollar policy. Albeck hints that three suspects with possible motives—Charles Hockaway (who owes Kirkman $100,000), Mildred Armstrong (Kirkman's ex-wife), and Tony Benson (a young drifter)—have all recently moved to the Santa Harbor area in New Hampshire where Kirkman lives. When Johnny arrives at Santa Harbor, Police Chief Mike Sharp reveals that Kirkman has been found dead.

Boston and Santa Harbor, New Hampshire, 1961

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Christian Albeck, John Stuart Kirkman, Mona Kirkman, Chief Mike Sharp, Charles D. Hockaway, Mildred Armstrong, Tony Benson

Listen for: Johnny's wisecracks about expense accounts and fishing opportunities; the three suspects introduced as possible motives for Kirkman's disappearance; the revelation that Kirkman is already dead.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.